Haackgreerius miopus (GREER & HAACKE, 1982)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Haacke-Greer's Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma miopus GREER & HAACKE 1982 Haackgreerius miopus — LANZA 1983: 210
Distribution	Somalia (Mudugh, Rugno Well) Type locality: 7 km NW of Rugno Well (± 4° N, 47 °E), about 80 km SE of El Bur on the road to El Dere, Mudugh Province, Somalia.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 26803, male; paratype: DNMNH (= TM) 26799, female
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS (genus and species). Lygosoma miopus can be distinguished from all other skinks by the following two characters in combination: eye vestigial and covered by an undifferentiated ocular scale; limbs present (rear limbs only, didactyl).
Comment	Type Species: Lygosoma miopus GREER & HAACKE 1982 is the type species of the genus Haackgreerius Lanza 1983. Synonymy: Pape 2017 proposed to place Haackgreerius in the synonymy of Mochlus. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	The name miopus comes from the Greek word for near-sighted (myopus) and refers to the impaired vision implied by the vestigial eye sunken beneath the undifferentiated ocular scale.
References	Bates, Michael F; Graham J Alexander & Aaron M Bauer 2022. Tribute to a legend of southern African herpetology: Wulf Dietrich Haacke (1936–2021), with a bibliography of his herpetological contributions, African Journal of Herpetology, - get paper here Greer A E; Haacke W D 1982. A new and unusual species of Lygosoma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Horn of Africa. Annals Transvaal Mus. 33 (10): 153-164 - get paper here Lanza, B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. MONITORE ZOOLOGICO ITALIANO, new Ser., SUPPL. 18 (8): 193-247 - get paper here Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Pape, Flavien 2017. The diversity of the skink fauna (Reptilia, Scincidae) of Africa with focus on its phylogenetic relationships and zoogeographical perspectives. MS Thesis, University of Geneva - get paper here Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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